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>> i am from south america. we have ahmadinejad in good deal today and i want to know if this is a message to the u.s. that ahmadinejad can talk to other leaders of what the problem is here. >> will take the answer. >> okay, let me try that. attempts for your question at grand bargains, up until now hasn't worked too well. again, it's that suspicion, in the barriers of suspicion are just too high. when one side has come forward, the other side is drawn back. the u.s. made what i thought was a very reasonable offer back in 1999, 2000, in the last years of the clinton administration when secretary albright talked about a roadmap to better relations with no preconditions. and the iranians turned it down and most observers, non-american observer is basically said the iranians blew it. this was a good opportunity and they couldn't do it. in 2003, we have the same thing from the other -- from the other direction. i mean, it's a good idea. you can get all of these issues, all of these issues out there, but it may be to
>> i am from south america. we have ahmadinejad in good deal today and i want to know if this is a message to the u.s. that ahmadinejad can talk to other leaders of what the problem is here. >> will take the answer. >> okay, let me try that. attempts for your question at grand bargains, up until now hasn't worked too well. again, it's that suspicion, in the barriers of suspicion are just too high. when one side has come forward, the other side is drawn back. the u.s. made what...
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god bless america. god bless india. [applause] >> president obama welcoming indian prime minister singh to the white house. that is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. eastern. and we will have that for you live on c-span. >> and more coverage tonight. >> thanksgiving day on c-span at 10 eastern bill clinton is on hand to present steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal from the national constitution center. also stanley greenberg and part of a panel assessing the obama presidency, and from the jfk library and museum nick burns and lesley gill on terrorism and nuclear weapons. at five, hip-hop artist and actor ludicrous on youth mentoring. coming this thanksgiving on c-span american icon, three nights of c-span or regional documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. beginning thursday night at eight eastern, the supreme court, home to america's highest court review of the exquisite detail through the eyes of supreme court justices. then friday at 8 p.m. eastern the white house, inside ame
god bless america. god bless india. [applause] >> president obama welcoming indian prime minister singh to the white house. that is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. eastern. and we will have that for you live on c-span. >> and more coverage tonight. >> thanksgiving day on c-span at 10 eastern bill clinton is on hand to present steven spielberg with this year's liberty medal from the national constitution center. also stanley greenberg and part of a panel assessing the obama...
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inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes of public tours, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely-seep space. -- seen spaces. and saturday at # p.m. eastern, the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights thursday, friday, and saturday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of american icons, a three-disc dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> now an event with john limbert, the newly appointed deputy assistant of state for iran. he was held hostage from 1979-1981. from the middle east institute in washington, this is just over an hour. >> quite an overflow crowd. this is all, i guess it's not unexpected, but i'll tell you the background to this invitation which is rather ironic. gives me great pleasure to introduce ambassador john limbert today, and he's here to discuss his very timely book, "negotiating with iran: wrestling with the ghosts of history," it'll be on sale downstairs after the
inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes of public tours, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely-seep space. -- seen spaces. and saturday at # p.m. eastern, the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights thursday, friday, and saturday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of american icons, a three-disc dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> now an event with...
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and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing the threat right now. as friday, i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental action agency. at that briefing, we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health cost of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities, to help them respond to climate related disease, to slashing greenhouse gas emissions in our own buildings. this is not an afterthought for my department. this is a key part of our broader public health strategy. more and more, we understand that health is not something that happens just in doctors offices. whether you're healthy or not depends on what to eat and drink, what you breathe, how you get around, and where you this. a world that's eating up and powered by paul fired plants that fill the sky with harmful greenhouse gas is going to have fewer healthy peop
and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing the threat right now. as friday, i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental action agency. at that briefing, we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health cost of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities, to help them respond to climate related disease,...
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these issues face every state in america. and we are going to see in this arena a dramatic reduction of the quality and content and quantity of health care that our medicare beneficiaries today see because of these proposals and they are being done not in order to make the medicare system more solvent but to finance yet another major federal entitlement program that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. as a matter of fact, if you look at the true numbers, the cost will be over $2 trillion in a full ten-year period of time. and so there's a lot more that we could say, but i know that my colleagues from mississippi and florida have some remarks that they would like to makers and so -- that they would like to make, and so i will yield to them at this time. mr. lemieux: i want to thank the gentleman from idaho for his great remarks today. and i want to follow up on what he started to discuss and continue also with the comments from my colleague from arizona about medicare advantage, because it seems to me, being a senator f
these issues face every state in america. and we are going to see in this arena a dramatic reduction of the quality and content and quantity of health care that our medicare beneficiaries today see because of these proposals and they are being done not in order to make the medicare system more solvent but to finance yet another major federal entitlement program that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. as a matter of fact, if you look at the true numbers, the cost will be over $2 trillion...
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america of america, $43.9 billion in tarp funds and they cut small business lending by 5%. ema quoting from a government rorkts by the way. treasury department comparing 4/30/09. american express and the list goes on -- i mean, i don't understand this at all. so the question is, how do we try to give some help to small- to medium-sized businesses and see if we can restart this economic engine so that they can put people back to work? they are at ones that are the job-generators in this country. what are the best ideas that we can use to put people back on payrolls? but what i wanted to talk about just for a minute is something that i saw in the "washington post" this week when the president was in asia and it talks about folks from the 21 pacific rim knacks at an event that is -- -- quote -- "has put some of america's policies in the line of fire, a chorus of complaints about ution trade policies. in the hour before the president's arrival in singapore, leaders of mexico, china, and russia broadly condemned protectionism endorsing free trade as the best engine of growth" an
america of america, $43.9 billion in tarp funds and they cut small business lending by 5%. ema quoting from a government rorkts by the way. treasury department comparing 4/30/09. american express and the list goes on -- i mean, i don't understand this at all. so the question is, how do we try to give some help to small- to medium-sized businesses and see if we can restart this economic engine so that they can put people back to work? they are at ones that are the job-generators in this country....
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the rate of poverty and hunger, are higher in rule america than in urban america. and the policies that we have no that are called foreign policies are not the best way to address to help people in rural america that really need help. so i think that is an unfinished agenda. in this economy we really cannot afford protectionist subsidies for rich landholders. we have got to go back to the farm bill and to deal with those subsidies that hurt poor farmers in developing countries, don't really help anybody but a really small group of large landholde landholders. and also drain financial resources. we do need to be fiscally responsible, and that is a glaring case where we are spending some money that is not moving our whole economy in the right direction. so what policy can do, it seems to me, to strengthen rural communities, struggling people in rule communities, would include reform of our farm and agricultural policies to focus on the people who need help. and to shift some money from people for getting money because they have political power to the people in rural
the rate of poverty and hunger, are higher in rule america than in urban america. and the policies that we have no that are called foreign policies are not the best way to address to help people in rural america that really need help. so i think that is an unfinished agenda. in this economy we really cannot afford protectionist subsidies for rich landholders. we have got to go back to the farm bill and to deal with those subsidies that hurt poor farmers in developing countries, don't really...
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inside america's most famous home, beyond the velvet ropes of public tours. our position as the grand public places as well as those releasing spaces. and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capital, the history, arts, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights, thursday, friday, and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. get your own copy of american icons. a three disc cd set. order online at c-span.org/store. >> the brookings institute hosted a discussion on the fiscal state of u.s. cities. speakers include a number of city mayors and jared bernstein, chief economist and vice president joe biden. this is almost three hours. >> i'm here today to have a very timely for them on the fiscal challenges of facing cities and metropolitan areas in the united states. and the implications for the economic recovery. as many of you know, of the standing contention of our program at berkeley and is that we are a metropolitan nation, that the national economy as a central makeup of a network of metropolitan econ
inside america's most famous home, beyond the velvet ropes of public tours. our position as the grand public places as well as those releasing spaces. and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capital, the history, arts, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights, thursday, friday, and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. get your own copy of american icons. a three disc cd set. order online at c-span.org/store. >> the brookings...
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not just in america, but around the world. we can always use more. but let's recommit ourself to what we have now. and turn more of our energy and resources on this crisis, to move faster towards saving more lives. the other day someone asked me why i keep doing this work, and why we work so hard every day. to complete our mission. and after 30 years of laboring in the field, it's only more confident, and feeling more charging to victory. because i remember a horrific disease cured by generations where the victims were hidden away in shadows and hopelessness that the treatment would never be found. the epidemic and citizen and scientist took action. the governments formed and founded new institutions. people exhibited extraordinary amounts of leadership and collaborated with a sense of urgency. i'm not talking about cancer. i'm talking about polio. and on the day in 1955 when i was a little girl and the polio vaccine was allowance -- announced in my hometown, the church bell ranges. our parents and teachers wept in a moment of silence as if the war h
not just in america, but around the world. we can always use more. but let's recommit ourself to what we have now. and turn more of our energy and resources on this crisis, to move faster towards saving more lives. the other day someone asked me why i keep doing this work, and why we work so hard every day. to complete our mission. and after 30 years of laboring in the field, it's only more confident, and feeling more charging to victory. because i remember a horrific disease cured by...
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he represents an america, an improved america. we don't want to go back to a more rationally deviced country. we don't want him to fail. but i think the dynamic for the next election is going to break pedal. you have the white house, the car has no brake. anking. you can take the price control mechanisms and instead of top-down putting them in washington, with three smart guys deciding how to save health care money, more market-oriented approach where you put price control mechanisms, patients and doctors, safeway's holding down the cost for quite a while. there are things you can do toward reform, shopping across state lines, there are lots of things you can do to empower some real market-based reforms. republicans have come forward with that and interestingly enough david axelrod said 80% of this we agree on. they could have taken that 80% and box something up and had it done by christmas. >> you referenced leadership. there is no -- no one speaks for the party, no leaders in the party, you heard that about democrats, you hear t
he represents an america, an improved america. we don't want to go back to a more rationally deviced country. we don't want him to fail. but i think the dynamic for the next election is going to break pedal. you have the white house, the car has no brake. anking. you can take the price control mechanisms and instead of top-down putting them in washington, with three smart guys deciding how to save health care money, more market-oriented approach where you put price control mechanisms, patients...
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which is at odds with the values of america and its military and threatens the safety and security of the american people. i was in the pentagon on 9/11 and felt up close the horror of this extremism. as the army lost more soldiers and civilians that day than any day in the last eight years of war. i know our soldiers and families at fort hood are stung by this tragedy because their friends and loved ones were killed simply because of who they are and what they stand for. they were committed to defend this nation against the very extremism that killed them. radical islam and jihadist extremism is the most transformational issue i have dealt with in my military service and it continues to be so today. in my judgment, it is the most significant threat to the security of the american people that i have faced in my lifetime. we are a society that espouses tolerance and values diversity. and our military reflects those values. but at the same time, we must know what a threat looks like. and we must know what to do about it. thank you. and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, gen
which is at odds with the values of america and its military and threatens the safety and security of the american people. i was in the pentagon on 9/11 and felt up close the horror of this extremism. as the army lost more soldiers and civilians that day than any day in the last eight years of war. i know our soldiers and families at fort hood are stung by this tragedy because their friends and loved ones were killed simply because of who they are and what they stand for. they were committed to...
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the one america has counted on for over 80 years. the kind you can put in any make or model. - get it? - got it. - good. let's go, sparky. - okay. announcer: when it comes to antifreeze... your inner car guy knows only prestone is prestone. - nice. - look here. >>> we've reached the midpoint from the university of the virgil islands. depaul leads st. joseph's by ten. >>> hello there. i'm danyelle sargeant. about 6,000 miles away there is a different version of paradise hosting its own tournament, the maui invitational. the games got under way today. vanderbilt is number 24 in the new ap poll facing cincinnati. early first half, vandy down by two. a.j. ogilvy with the leaner. game tied early on. later in the half, gets it down low. yes. he's going up over everybody. moments later, lance stevenson in transition. cannot connect but yancy gates is there. he has his back. bearcats up by eight. still in the first, vandy utilizing the three off the swing pass. how about john jenkins? buries it. then jenkins again from the wing. the freshman
the one america has counted on for over 80 years. the kind you can put in any make or model. - get it? - got it. - good. let's go, sparky. - okay. announcer: when it comes to antifreeze... your inner car guy knows only prestone is prestone. - nice. - look here. >>> we've reached the midpoint from the university of the virgil islands. depaul leads st. joseph's by ten. >>> hello there. i'm danyelle sargeant. about 6,000 miles away there is a different version of paradise hosting...